Kukla's Korner Hockey

Blue Jackets president and general manager Doug MacLean made it clear yesterday on the first day of training camp: He will not trade right winger Nikolai Zherdev.
"There’s some thought (in Zherdev’s camp) that he’s going to be traded," MacLean said. "And that is not in my thoughts at all.
"My thought is he’ll have a deal done here, with the Blue Jackets, or he’ll stay in Russia for the year. He’s our player. Right now, I’m not even entertaining those thoughts."